There is 'a strong association' between moderate population-wide weight change and risk of death from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) according to a paper published by bmj.com.
Patients that stop treatment with a statin because of minor adverse side effects, should be encouraged to try again, as most will be able take at least one of the drugs in the longer term, US...
Unite's general secretary Dave Prentis has acused the Government of 'taking a wrecking ball to our national health service'.
Future general practice funding could be calculated according to the percentage of patients diagnosed correctly or provided with home-based care rather than care in hospital.
The standard of epilepsy care for children in the UK is 'variable' - and despite improvements in recent years, 54 per cent of children are not seeing an epilepsy specialist nurse, according to the...
Millions more people will be protected against disease by improvements to the UK's immunisation schedule, including three vaccination programmes to protect against flu, shingles and diarrhoea.
A GP is to lead an independent commission set up by the Labour Party to look at how health and social care can be better integrated.
The extension of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) initiative will enable a greater number of young, disadvantaged mothers to benefit from support in bringing up their babies, but could divert health...
Any patient that does not want personal data held in their GP record to be shared with the Health and Social Care Information Centre will have their objection respected, health secretary Jeremy Hunt...
Early recognition and treatment of malignant melanoma, the most common cancer in the UK accounting for 4 per cent of new cases, is essential if postive results are to be obtained,writes Jean Watkins
Losing weight often leads to improvement in the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea, writes
Dr Harry Brown
Nurses can have a positive impact on managing venous disease using non-surgical techniques, writes Lee Yarwood-Ross
COPD exacerbations can increase the risk of irretrievable loss of lung function, careful
diagnosis and treatment is crucial, writes Beverley Bostock-Cox
In-depth analysis of the latest research, compiled by Mark Greener
Annette Dunne explores reducing high blood cholesterol, a modifiable risk factor for cardio-
vascular disease, from a nutritional perspective
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